[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR291.23]

[Page 233]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 291--CARGO OPERATIONS IN INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C--General Rules for All-Cargo Air Transportation
 
Sec. 291.23  Record retention.

    (a) The provisions of 14 CFR part 249, Preservation of air carrier 
accounts, records and memoranda, shall apply to all carriers, except 
that records pertaining to transportation provided on aircraft eligible 
to be operated under part 298 of this title, and records concerning 
transportation outside the geographic scope of interstate air 
transportation, need not be maintained unless required by other 
Department regulations.
    (b) Each carrier shall retain for 1 year a copy of each rate sheet, 
airwaybill contract, and other document reflecting changed, new, or 
other previously unreported general or special prices or rules governing 
the carriage of freight in interstate air transportation (except mail), 
unless the transportation was performed in accordance with an effective 
tariff on file with the Department. Each carrier shall retain for 1 year 
a copy of any formula based on standard weight, mileage, or other method 
used to determine an individual airbill or contract.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3024-0022)

[ER-1080, 43 FR 53635, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by ER-1270, 46 FR 
63220, Dec. 31, 1981; Docket No. 47582, 57 FR 38770, Aug. 27, 1992; 60 
FR 43526, Aug. 22, 1995]